She’s back! Fleur East returns to Hits Radio Breakfast

Fleur East was back on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show this morning following seven months off after giving birth to baby Nova.

She shared her dramatic birth story with listeners for the first time – a tale of saucepans, swearing and classic Whoopi Goldberg movie, Sister Act!

“So, I started getting some contractions and I was in the bath, just breathing, sitting in the bubbles, loving life and measuring the contractions,” she explained. “I knew something was happening, so I upgraded from the bath to the birthing pool which was downstairs in the living room and Marcel was filling it up using different saucepans, boiling water on the stove and bringing them in – we took it old school!

“I was like ‘this is great, baby is going to be here any minute now’ then after five hours I got out of the pool, my midwife examined me, and I was 2cm dilated – that’s nothing!

“My face dropped, and the midwife left, saying she’d come back when something started happening! So, I was there with Marcel and my Auntie Tina, who happens to be a midwife and was also my birthing partner, we were watching movies, all the classics – White Chicks, Sister Act and then things started to ramp up.”

Fleur was then lying on the floor in her birthday suit in agony when the midwife returned. Screaming and swearing, she started grabbing Auntie Tina’s face, rolling around the floor. She went through four gas and air cannisters before they told her she needed to push.

Fleur said they tricked her into getting into a squat by putting her husband Marcel on the floor and telling her to straddle him! That’s how little baby Nova came into the world – on the living room floor, on top of Marcel!

Marcel took some time out from looking after Nova to message the show telling Fleur: “I just wanted to take a moment to wish you luck for today.

“It’s been an amazing seven months – having a newborn is not easy but we figured it out and you’ve been so inspiring.

“I’m so, so proud of you, go out there and have fun, enjoy yourself and I’ve got this! I’m going to try my best to make sure Nova is OK every morning so have a great day today.”

And Marcel wasn’t the only man in Fleur’s life wishing her luck today with former Strictly partner Vito Coppola – or Uncle Vito as he’s now known – also calling in to wish Fleur luck and a ‘happy coming back to Hits Radio!’